Bill Bennett wrote: > It's a peculiar request, so please bear with me. > > I had been asked why Linux was immune to the wave of viruses > that have been pillaging Microsoft-oriented machines. To be > honest, I didn't have a ready reply. The best I could do was > "Well, Linux is differently organised." Feeble, I know, but the > enquirer was not a nurd and, if it comes to that, neither am I.
1. Windows has historically either parsed or execcuted all attachments arriving in mail to thats its easy for the user if they are interested, even mildly, in the ad. 2. In Linux you have to explicitly save the attachment from the mail, set its exec permissions and then explicitly execute it as ./unknown_program So maybe its like this.... Lots of speciial offers arrive in the mail all the time. Saving on new roofing guards for the roof, trials of new shampoo and sales on bed linen. Gee its so hard to read over all that and decide what I want and dont want. I dont want to miss anything. It doesnt cost much for the trial offers and I can back out after the 1 month trial with no cost if I dont want the product. I know lets automatically connect the offer to my cedit card so its automatically debited as soon as a potential savings oportunity comes along. Then I wont miss anything and lots of companies will be able to send me special offers. No one would take advantage of me would they ???? Mike -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials & Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1724 Fx: 9514 1460 UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ======================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
